Sebald on writing
Vertigo, the blog dedicated to the work of Sebald, is re-printing an interview with Sebald that first appeared in a literary magazine in the UK in 2003: Vertigo is pleased to be able to share the following interview with W.G. Sebald conducted by Jens Mühling in 2000, when Mühling was an MA student in comparative ...
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Chad Post on WXXI
Chad was recently interviewed by Bob Smith for a local Rochester radio show called 1370 Connection. The interview aired this afternoon, and if you’d like to listen to him talk about translation, the business of books, Open Letter, and Lost, you can download the MP3 here (The file is 44MB and the interview is about 50 ...
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Alain Robbe Grillet has died
Alain Robbe Grillet, father of the Nouveau Roman, has
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Taslima Nasrin to stay in India
The exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who is accused of insulting Islam, will be allowed to stay in India it emerged today ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½“ but only if she remains in a government flat in a secret location in Delhi, unable to receive visitors or step outside her ...
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Goncourt Getting Less Old
The Prix Goncourt has decided to adopt an age limit (link goes to Le Monde). If you hit 80, you become an honorary member and can no longer vote. For those of you with some French: Mardi 5 février, c’est à l’unanimité que les sept membres présents – seul Michel Tournier s‘était fait excuser ...
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World Literature Tour: Romania
The Guardian’s world literature tour visits
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Eurozine on the Estonian Novel
Eurozine’s marvelous Literary Perspectives series visits Estonia: While the Great Estonian Novel has yet to be written, writes poet and critic Märt Väljataga, the range of fiction in Estonian is sufficiently wide to serve as an indicator of the hopes and fears, anxieties and obsessions, of post-communist Estonia. ...
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